Digital Learning Internship - Maputo, Mozambique
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Job no: 583708
Contract type: Internship
Duty Station: Maputo
Level: Internship
Location: Mozambique
Categories: Education
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture.., coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, the right to childhood
How can you make a difference?
Digital refers to the use of electronic technologies and media to deliver learning material and achieve learning outcomes for the audience. E-learning is becoming increasingly important in education globally to support children’s learning, education leadership and management, and more effective use of data for students, teachers and systems-wide learning. It could stimulate interaction between instructors and learners but also provide education in an effective manner.
To make e-learning possible, content mapping exercise and generation of digital content is a fundamental part of the process.
Purpose and Justification
Given the emerging efforts to develop eLearning within Mozambique and to work towards a coherent approach, UNICEF will generate and develop digital content on various electronic platforms for different educational groups.
Under the guidance and general supervision of the Digital Learning Specialist and the Chief of Education, the E-learning interns will work to map the provided content to existing digital material in different platforms, build some quizzes, mini games using existing resources, and online tests for children for various subjects. In addition, interns will propose and follow up and digital material that needs to be developed with partners/vendors under supervision.
The E-learning interns will provide technical assistance throughout the generation of the e-learning content and digitization of educational material, and the internship will be for a period of 4 to 6 months.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Content mapping – map content in textbooks with already existing digitized material from different platforms.
- Build quizzes, simulation labs and questions from textbooks / digitize questions in an interactive way
- Propose and follow-up on material that needs to be developed in correspondence with textbooks
- Create content using presentations and stylus software and/or plugins and extensions.
- Review and embed content developed by third parties contracted by Unicef into the e-learning platforms.
If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: [attach JD/TOR here]
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will need …
Minimum requirements:
Education: Intern should be a recent graduate or pursuing a technical degree, preferably in Information technology, computer science, electronic engineering, graphic design, multimedia.
Communication skills and reporting
Competencies:
- Active, dedicated, and self-driven intern.
- Excellent computer skills including familiarity with search engines, educational platforms, browser extensions, drawing software and emails
- Ability to work independently and in a group to ensure high-quality deliverables
- Good communication skills
- Demonstrated capacity to carry out the assignment within allocated timeframe.
- Previous experience with educational digital material is an asset
Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Portuguese
Desirables:
Proven competencies in use of search engines, educational platforms, emails and web browsers. Ability to embed items on platforms and install software and link api’s, generate interactive content on html5.
For every Child, you demonstrate...
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this post are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels.
UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.
UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.
UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station is required for IP positions and will be facilitated by UNICEF. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be canceled.
Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF is committed to fostering an inclusive, representative, and welcoming workforce. For this position, eligible and suitable [Insert candidates from targeted underrepresented groups] are encouraged to apply.
Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
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Humanitarian action is a cross-cutting priority within UNICEF’s Strategic Plan. UNICEF is committed to stay and deliver in humanitarian contexts. Therefore, all staff, at all levels across all functional areas, can be called upon to be deployed to support humanitarian response, contributing to both strengthening resilience of communities and capacity of national authorities.
All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without the assessment of other candidates.
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